A meeting of the Manatee County Port Authority will be held on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 9:00

a.m., or as soon thereafter as is practicable in the third floor meeting room of the Port Manatee Intermodal

Center, 1905 Intermodal Circle, Palmetto, FL 34221, located at the intersection of South Dock Street and

Reeder Road at Port Manatee.

Anyone wishing to attend this meeting who does not have an appropriate Port Manatee identification

badge may enter Port Manatee by the north or south gate by displaying photo identification, generally a

driver’s license.

MANATEE COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY AGENDA

September 17, 2015

The Manatee County Port Authority may take action on any matter during this meeting, including those

items set forth within this agenda. The chairperson, at the option of the chairperson, may take business out of

order if the chairperson determines that such a change in the agenda’s schedule will expedite the business of

the Port Authority.

CALL TO ORDER

Invocation – Tim Huppert, Anchor House

Pledge of Allegiance

Public Comments

1. Audience Introductions

2. Presentation – Michel Tosini, Executive Vice President, Federal Marine Terminals

3. Presentation - Johannes Werner, Editor, Cuba Standard

4. Consent Agenda

5. Supplemental Joint Participation Agreement Number Two for Construction of an

Intermodal Cargo Pad

6. Berth 9 Rehabilitation Engineering Change Order Request

7. 2016 Port Manatee Legislative and Advocacy Priorities-Revised

Public Comments

Executive Director Comments

Commissioner Comments According to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, any person desiring to appeal any decision made by the Port Authority with

respect to any matter considered at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose may need to

ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is

to be based.

Carol Whitmore, Chairman

Vanessa Baugh, 1st Vice-Chairman; John Chappie, 2nd Vice-Chairman;

Betsy Benac, 3rd Vice-Chairman; Larry Bustle, Member;

Robin DiSabatino, Member; Charles Smith, Member

September 17, 2015

AGENDA ITEM 2.: PRESENTATION – MICHEL TOSINI, EXECUTIVE

VICE PRESIDENT – FEDERAL MARINE

TERMINALS

Michel Tosini, Executive Vice-President - Federal Marine

Terminals, Inc. and Vice-President and General Manager - Fednav Direct Logistics, is a

Transportation and Logistics graduate. He spent 25 years with the CP Ships group, where

he headed various groups such as their in-house trucking company, inland and marine

operations, Import and Export Customer Service, before joining Federal Marine

Terminals & Fednav Direct Logistics in October 2006. He currently sits on the Board of

Directors of the Maritime Employers Association , The Laurentian Pilotage Authority,

and the St-Lawrence Economic Development Council .

September 17, 2015

AGENDA ITEM 3.: PRESENTATION – JOHANNES WERNER, EDITOR,

CUBA STANDARD

Johannes Werner is editor of www.CubaStandard.com,

the only independent information service exclusively focused on the Cuban economy and

business in Cuba. Cuba Standard counts practically all foreign companies and

entrepreneurs that already do business in the island among its readers, as well as many

foreign embassies, members of the Castro family, the Cuba desk of the U.S. State

Department and the CIA. One-third of Cuba Standard subscribers are based in Cuba and

the rest spans the globe.

Johannes Werner has been traveling to Cuba since 1999. He has worked for 20 years as a

business/economic journalist in Europe, Latin America and the United States, producing

award-winning articles that cover a wide range of beats. Johannes has a master’s degree

in modern history and Latin American literature from Freie Universität Berlin.